Between nationalism and women's rights: The Kurdish women's movement in Iraq

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-355

  Al Ali, Nadje ^a   Pratt, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

citizenship; feminism; iraq; kurds; nationalism; women's movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155137228     PISSN: 18739857     EISSN: 18739865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187398611X590192     Document Type: Article

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